Stage four of roadsteritis!
Paul
OROC
-----Original Message-----
From: datsunmike <datsunmike@nyc.rr.com>
To: John Schmitt <jschmi7@us.ibm.com>; datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net
<datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
Date: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 6:25 PM
Subject: Re: Chilly Roadstering
>Gangrene?
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "John Schmitt" <jschmi7@us.ibm.com>
>To: <datsun-roadsters@autox.team.net>
>Sent: Tuesday, January 02, 2001 3:00 PM
>Subject: Chilly Roadstering
>
>
>> When I put my 2L away for the loooong cold winter here north of Chicago,
I
>> put it in a heated(40-50 degree) garage. That is where I go to smoke my
>> pipe and watch ball games so I can yell and not scare the family.
>>
>> Yesterday, I realized that, because of the excessive snow and cold so
far,
>> I had not taken out the roadster for the normal warm-up drive. When I
>last
>> put it away, the top was down and it is too chilly to put it up for fear
>of
>> cracking the windows so it remains down. Even so, I figured since it was
>> one of those very cold bright days, and the date was 01/01/01, it was
time
>> to take it out.
>>
>> I bundled up and, in my parka, went for a 30-40 minute drive. I know
most
>> of you understand how great it feels to use power oversteer on a country
>> road and how much it is missed during the winter. I really needed it
>> though.
>>
>> Now, my neighbors and others on the road surely knew they were witnessing
>> the other kind of holiday fruitcake when seeing me, sans top, driving in
5
>> degree weather. My wife just slowly shakes her head and asks about the
>> contents of my pipe.
>>
>> These are really great cars. What a blast. I can't wait till warm, 50
>> degree, weather.
>>
>> By the way, what does it mean when my knuckles are still black?
>>
>> John Schmitt Telecommuter External # - 847-658-7074; Tieline -
698-9887
>> Internal phonemail only - tl-348-4725 or 240-4725 pager pin#
>> 8710561
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